“BFF,” premiering Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 9, is one to miss.

“Scandal,” on the other hand, shows potential in spite of a rather dreary pilot. The project from Shonda Rhimes (“Grey’s Anatomy”) , premieres Thursday at 9 p.m. on Channel 7 after “Grey’s,” shifting focus from hospital romance and melodrama to Washington, D.C., romance and melodrama.

Don’t expect political dissertations at the level of “The West Wing.” “Scandal” is mindless entertainment at best. But Kerry Washington is intriguing as Olivia Pope, a crisis management executive who formerly solved PR problems at the White House. While the characters are slight and the dialog is silly, there’s a story there somewhere.

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